Spring - Klein Edition | April 2022

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Klein ISD is one of nearly 70 school districts statewide that have been identied as a fast-growth school district. KISD’s enrollment has increased by more than 5,300 students since the passage of the district’s last bond referendum in 2014-15. ENROLLMENT ON THE RISE

rate by $0.09. Spring First Church Executive Pastor David Hogan, who led the election’s opposition in 2018 through his organization It’s OK to Vote NO, Klein ISD, said he is likewise against the 2022 bond. “We’re not opposing education; we’re opposing higher property taxes,” Hogan said. “I’m not unsym- pathetic to what the district says because the way the [school funding] system works in Texas is stupid. ... But their issue needs to be taken up with the state Legislature, not just put on the backs of taxpayers.” However, ocials said the pro- jected increase would keep the KISD’s tax rate lower than it was in 2021 and $0.10 lower than in 2014. District ocials also noted KISD has historically kept the tax rate under projected increases. In 2015, KISD voters authorized a $0.099 increase, while the rate increased by $0.04. Similarly, in 2008 voters authorized a $0.26 increase, and the rate rose by $0.18. In 2004, KISD voters autho- rized a $0.07 increase, and the tax rate did not increase at all. “We have been conservative in our

projections on value growth, [so] if value growth does come in stronger, … the tax rate wouldn’t have to go up as much,” Chief Financial Ocer Dan Schaefer said. Schaefer also noted low interest rates as a factor in the timing of the 2022 bond. KISDwas able to save $70million in interest through its last ve renanc- ings, which allowed the 2015 bond to stretch beyond its original capacity. McGown said she believes investing in school districts is vital to maintain- ing neighboring property values. “I think there’s many examples of how having a quality public school system in a community helps to pro- tect property values, and for most people, that’s their most valuable asset,” she said. “We’re really proud to be able to provide all of our students in Klein ISD an excellent education and then, connected to that, help pro- tect property values in our district.” Maegan Kirby contributed to this report.

KLEIN ISD STUDENT ENROLLMENT

60,000

55,432*

55,000

48,912

50,000

45,000

Projected enrollment change from 2014-24: +13.33%

SOURCE: KLEIN ISDCOMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER

*PROJECTED

here we are now in 2022, and the needs that were forecasted that we would have in 2020 are here and have been here for some time.” Dollars and cents According to district ocials, the passage of all four bond propositions could result in a tax rate increase of $0.03 per $100 of valuation. In 2021, the average KISD home was valued

at $255,000, according to the Har- ris County Appraisal District. Based on this gure, the tax rate increase would equal about $69 more per year in property taxes for an average KISD homeowner, district ocials said. The last time KISD voters were pre- sented with a tax rate increase in a 2018 tax ratication election, voters rejected the proposition, which would have raised the district’s property tax

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